Big Family, Big City’s Amber and Mark de la Motes are facing ‘Dire’ economy while paying $ 12,000 in rent

The Large family Moved to Big Apple – and quickly received a reality check about life in the city.

The stars in TLC’s Large family, big city, Which is a family of 13, the silent San Diego suburbs traded for the streets of New York City, but the change will not come without its challenges. Amber and Mark de la Motes are parents of 11 children between six months and 22 years old.

“We pay twelve magnificent one month to rent. Our savings are gone. It’s scary,” says Mark in the show’s premiere which was broadcast on Tuesday 25 February.

The children have performed music on the street to cover the family’s increasing expenses. “I wish things could only be different. I would love to find a solution so that the children do not need to bush,” Mark adds. “We can’t keep this up and amber and I have to get on the same page so fast. The situation is difficult.”

The family discussed how Busking is crucial to their income earlier in the section. “When we asked the children if they were willing to bush to help with family costs, they all agree,” says Mark. They also reveal that the children are allowed to keep 10% of their revenue for themselves.

“It’s a great way to learn how to handle money,” says Amber.

Another part of the family’s income comes from the musical videos they publish Social media. Amber says their site began to gain more speed when she started posting her children like bushes on the streets in the big city. Their number climbed from 70,000 to 800,000 followers, Amber shares.

They admit that they were not prepared for the hateful comments that their family would be exposed to follow their publicly shared videos of their children who performed.

Some of the comments ask how they can afford to live in the city with so many children and others mention how they use their children to maintain themselves. Amber says that the most important criticism that the family usually gets is that they force their children to play music, but she says this is not the case.

Their former home state California recently adopted a new law “Ensuring that children and teens who occur in online content are protected from financial abuse,” according to Governor Gavin Newsom. The legislation, which specifically focuses on social media content with minors, dictates that at least “15 percent of their gross income in confidence until they reach adulthood.”

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Amber maintains “that Busking helps you be a better musician. You learn to play for an audience that likes you, who don’t like you.”

Son Josiah, 22, echoed his mother’s feelings about financial responsibility. “My family has relied a lot on buzzing. Busking has helped me see the value in every dollar,” he says later in the episode. “We do mental math when the money goes in to see where we are during that week, how much of it will rent, how much we get in our little personal stash.”

However, the couple admits to living in New York City comes with a lot of “temptations” that they do not necessarily want their children to get involved in.

“Okay, let’s realize it, we are a G-class family living in an R-ranked city,” Mark said.

Big Family, Big City premiere on February 25 at TLC and is available to stream on Directv Stream and Hulu.